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How do organizations define and pursue “success” in an increasingly quantified world? A new Fortnox-funded professorship at the Stockholm School of Economics will explore how metrics, performance measures and rankings shape organizational priorities, decisions and understandings of success.

War destroys infrastructure and human capital, but its economic consequences go much further. At a lecture hosted by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics on September 24, economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko explored how conflict disrupts the allocation of resources, affecting productivity and long-term economic performance.

Firms that win public contracts see higher revenue and profits, while average worker wages barely change, new research suggests. The findings highlight how competition in public procurement can shape both the efficiency of government spending and income inequality.

An AI project may start with a narrow goal, but the data needed to make it work can take an organization somewhere much bigger. Researchers followed an AI hiring initiative at a multinational company for over three years and showed how datafication spread to unexpected corners of the organization.

The SSE MBA program has secured 42nd place globally in the Financial Times 2026 Executive MBA ranking, confirming its position as the highest-ranked program in the Nordic region. The program also improved in several key areas, including career progression and sustainability teaching.

On October 5th, 2026, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) hosted the third session in the Working Dialogue series as the Economic Security Forum headed to Stockholm. As economic relationships become a source of strategic pressure, protecting that prosperity raises a practical question: How can governments and businesses strengthen their ability to act together?